Plan several shots

One scene can give you many shots. Put several cameras on the same 3D stage, say a wide shot, a close-up and a low angle, and capture them all at once. Every shot shows the same characters in the same places, so the images you make from them fit together.

This page assumes you know the basics from Set up a 3D stage.

Add more cameras

Open the Cameras tab and click Add camera. The new camera looks from your current view in the viewport. So first move the view to roughly where you want the camera, then add it.

Each camera keeps its own position, Focal length and Aspect ratio. Under Shots, each camera shows a small preview, its name, and its focal length and aspect ratio, for example 85 mm · 3:4.

• Click a shot's preview to select its camera.
• Give each camera a name that says what the shot is, such as Wide shot or Close-up. Select the camera and type in Name. The captured image gets the same name on the canvas.
• To switch the camera in Camera preview without selecting it, pick it in the list above the preview.

The three cameras on this page capture these shots of one scene:

Compose a shot

A few settings change the feel of a shot a lot:

Aim at turns the camera toward a character or a prop, so you can move the camera and then aim it again in one click. Pan, Tilt and Roll under Rotation set the angle by hand.

Match the Aspect ratio to the image you want: 16:9 for a wide scene, 3:4 or 9:16 for a single character.

Capture several shots at once

Studio shows Added 3 shots to the canvas. Back on the canvas, the shots sit next to the 3D stage in a small stack, each named after its camera and connected to the stage. Drag them apart to work with each one.

To capture only the camera in Camera preview, click Capture there, or press P.

Turn the shots into a set

Give each shot its own Image node, as in Use the shot as a reference. Then:

• Describe the characters the same way in every prompt. Copy the same hair, eye and outfit words into each prompt, so the characters look alike from shot to shot.
• Say what the shot is. For example, close-up of … or low-angle shot looking up at …, plus Follow the reference image for the pose and the camera angle.
• Match the aspect ratio of each Image node to its camera.

When a model can't use the shot

Some image models only take reference images of certain shapes or sizes. If a model can't use the shot from the selected camera, a warning appears under Output: These models can't use this shot as a reference image: and the model names. Pick another Aspect ratio for the camera, or use a different model for that shot.

Undo, redo and saving

The stage has its own undo history. Click Undo or Redo in the top bar, or press Ctrl/Cmd + Z and Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + Z.

Changes save automatically. The top bar shows Saving… and then Saved next to the stage name. The scene is saved with the canvas, so it's there the next time you click Enter stage.

View-only canvases

When you open a canvas you can't edit, such as another creator's public canvas, or any canvas on a phone, the 3D stage node shows its latest shot but has no Enter stage button.

Keyboard shortcuts

Click Keyboard shortcuts in the top bar, or press ?, to see the list in the stage.

To walk a character around the stage, see Walk a character with the keyboard.